[Adopted 4-12-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-06]
Uwchlan Township hereby elects to administer
and enforce the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code, as supplemented
and enacted by this article.
Administration and enforcement of the Building
Code within Uwchlan Township shall be undertaken in any of the following
ways, as determined by the Township Board of Supervisors from time
to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Township
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Township.
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code
officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Township.
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities
for the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an
intermunicipal agreement.
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of Uwchlan
Township.
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and
enforcement of structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling
units and utility and miscellaneous use structures.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution
of the Township Board of Supervisors in conformity with the requirements
of the relevant provisions of the Building Code, as amended from time
to time, and for the purposes set forth therein. If at any time enforcement
and administration is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities,
said Board of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the
participating municipalities.
The Uniform Construction Code is hereby supplemented
and amended by including the provisions set forth in Exhibit A which
were adopted by Uwchlan Township before July 1, 1999 and equal or
exceed the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code. To the extent
there is a conflict with a provision or requirement in the Uniform
Construction Code and in Exhibit A, the provision or requirement in
Exhibit A will prevail and control. All references in Exhibit A to
terms, requirements, and sections of the 1993 BOCA Building Code shall
be interpreted as applicable to corresponding equivalent terms, requirements,
and sections of the Uniform Constriction Code.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies
of Uwchlan Township not governed by the Building Code enacted hereby
shall remain in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by Uwchlan Township for the
administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article
and the code shall be established by the Board of Supervisors by resolution
from time to time.
